American cities are similar to other cities around the world. In every country, cities reflect the values of the culture. Cities contain the very best aspects of a society: opportunities for education, employment, and entertainment. They also contain the very worst parts of a society: violent crime, racial conflict (种族冲突), and poverty. American cities are changing, just as American society is changing.
After World War Ⅱ, city residents became wealthier, more prosperous. They had more children. They needed more space. They moved out of their apartments in the city to buy their own homes. They bought houses in the suburbs, areas near a city where people live. There are areas without many offices or factories. During the 1950s the American "dream" was to have a house in the suburbs.
Now things are changing. The children of the people who left the cities in 1950s are now adults. They, unlike their parents, want to live in the cities. Many young professionals
A. social changes
B. violent crime
C. racial conflict
D. the best aspects of a society
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A library is more than just a place where books are stored. A library is a source of information. That inforsr marion may come from books such as fiction, nonfiction, or reference books, from periodicals such as news- papers, magazines, and journals, from audio-visual material such as records, cassette microfilm, video tapes, etc. or even from a computer terminal.
Students go to library to study and to write research papers. The periodical room of a university library is where foreign students often find newspapers and magazines from their countries. In the reference room, they can find catalogues from many universities in the U. S. and other countries. If you are buying a used car, the reference librarian can show you the blue book, which lists the prices of new and used cars. People who need information in a hurry can telephone the reference librarian at many libraries.
"If it takes you six hours to read this book, somewhere in the world 2,500 people will have died of starvation or of hunger-related illness by the time you (36) ."
Why are so many (37) Susan George affirms with conviction, and with solid (38) , that it is not because there (39) too many passengers on" Spaceship Earth ", not because (40) bad weather or changing climates, but because of food (41) by the rich. (42) the poor go hungry.
The multinational agribusiness corporations, (43) governments with their food "aid" policies and supposedly neural multilateral development organizations (44) responsibility for their (45) .
They all work in corporation (46) local elites, themselves nurtured and protected by the powerful in the (47) world. The United States (48) the way, leads the pack and is (49) imposing its control over the whole pl
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B. it was
C. for
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